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  1. #1 Louis C.K. has his priorities straight. 
    Senior Member Ben Pluimer's Avatar
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    From a Q&A on reddit.com.

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    I would love yo make more movies. That is a FUCKING HARD JOB though, dude. Just to get it made. You can't even do anything else while you're tyring to get it made and then you probably won't. It's heart breaking. Then it takes a good 2 years to make and finish the movie then it maybe won't come out and then maybe it gets changed and worse than the movie not getting made, you made it, then it got changed into something you hated and then came out.
    yeah. that's hard. if i can get a deal to make a movie the way I do my show, i'll do it. Otherwise... no.
    I have a dream, though. You want to hear it? Yeah? Well, okay.
    I thought about what if I make another special like this one and i put it up for 5 bucks again and it goes gangbusters. It makes, say, 8 million bucks. I don't know that that is even possible. I'm trying to find out what the potential is with this one.
    But so if I make 8 million, which all goes through paypal right into Pig Newton, my company that makes my show and made the special. Well I would leave the money in there and make a fucking movie.
    This special, if it explosed, cause really it's only been up for 2 days, more like a pre-sale. If it really tears an asshole into the money monster who then shits dollars into my mouth (oh my god what's wrong with me) then I will use that money to buy a home and get some security which i NEVER have had in my life and have certainly not gotten from my low budget show.
    So it would have to be special number 2 that would keep the money in the company and make a movie. I have always put cash back into the work. The profit I made on last years season of louie went to buying a new RED EPIC camera which now sits here next to me and a modest but impressive collection of lenses from germany and england, which now belong to Pig Newton and will be used to shoot said 8 million dollar movie.
    I wrote way too much here that I should keep to myself but fuck it i'm pressing send.
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    He was pushing his $5 stand up a bit much which kinda gave a weird feeling to the usual reddit AMA. But Louis is certainly rough around the edges and gave some awesome responses, hard not to like that!

    One of the best amas was ken jennings, damn that guy is funny.
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    I bought his Beacon show twice on his website, even though it was easily downloadable. I figured I'd donate $10 to the Louie cause! He's the man.
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    Haven't caught the Beacon show yet, but will grab it off his website soon! Eagerly anticipating Louie season 3 - shot on Epic. Pretty much my favourite show on TV right now.
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